Common Sense Labor Party

Restoring dignity, honesty, and accountability to NYC government.

🛠️ Common Sense Labor Party –Policy Platform

Restoring dignity, honesty, and accountability to NYC government.

🔷 1. Protect Retiree Healthcare – No Privatization, No Premiums

  • Restore Traditional Medicare + GHI SeniorCare as the city-paid default plan. No mandatory Advantage enrollment. No monthly opt-out penalties.
  • Reform Medicare Part B reimbursement to be delivered quarterly, not 18–22 months late.
  • Grace period for survivor benefits: Family healthcare should not be cut off immediately after a retiree’s passing. 30–90 day extension minimum.

 

đź”· 2. Reinstate Workers Fired Over COVID Mandates

  • Support reemployment of city workers terminated for non-compliance with vaccine mandates.
  • Open to discussions around back pay, but prioritize restoring careers and service first.
  • Defend individual medical freedom and labor rights without revisiting the mandate wars.

 

🔷 3. Honor Union Contracts – No More Backroom Bargaining

  • Stop secret deals between City Hall and union leadership that bypass membership votes.
  • Enforce transparency in collective bargaining and respect for existing contract terms.
  • Prioritize member-led negotiation, not sweetheart deals made for political cover.

 

🔷 4. Get NYC’s Fiscal House in Order

  • Slash crony contracts: End the $1,000/hour consultant grift and politically connected side deals.
  • Audit every agency for top-heavy bloat before cutting services or raising taxes.
  • Demand results-based budgeting—real outcomes, not padded press releases.

 

đź”· 5. Invest in Public Workers and Services

  • Reallocate funds from waste and corruption to hire full-time city workers, especially in schools, sanitation, and social services.
  • Stop pretending NYC can outsource its way to efficiency. Public work should be done by public workers—with proper pay and staffing.
  • Working people pay taxes. They deserve a city that actually works.

 

đź”· 6. Rebuild Trust Through Common Sense

  • We are not Left. We are not Right. We’re the people who stayed, worked, served, paid in—and got left behind.
  • CSLP stands for the people who built the city, still run the city, and deserve to live in it.